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Emergency crews in the Alaska tourist hub of Ketchikan braced on Monday for more landslides after a large, rain-drenched slope gave way on Sunday, killing one person, injuring three others and ...
The aftermath of a landslide in Ketchikan, Alaska, on Sunday. - Ketchikan Gateway Borough KPU Customer Service and City Hall offices were closed Monday due to the slide, the city said in a ...
Mandatory evacuations were underway in the southeastern Alaska of Ketchikan, after a landslide leveled homes and businesses on Aug. 25, 2024, leaving at least one person dead and multiple people ...
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy declared an emergency for Ketchikan, while Borough Mayor Rodney Dial and city Mayor Dave Kiffer issued a separate emergency declaration. “Friends, is with a heavy heart we relay that a landslide in the city has taken a life, caused several injuries, damaged homes and impacted our community,” Dial said in the statement.
Photos and videos captured the the damage the landslide left behind in Ketchikan. At least one person is dead, others injured after landslide in Alaska Contributing: Natalie Neysa Alund , USA TODAY.
Particularly, the larger, more powerful, and more dramatic landslides seen around the Hawaiian Islands are a type of landslide called debris avalanches, where the material in the slide has broken up into pieces small enough to flow as a relatively narrow – typically less than 50 kilometers (31 mi) wide – fast-moving stream that can run out ...
Nuʻuanu Slide is seen near the center top in this bathymetry image of the Hawaiian archipelago, Nuʻuanu Slide or Nuʻuanu Debris Avalanche is the largest of seventeen known submarine landslides around the Hawaiian Islands and at 200 kilometers (124 mi) in length, one of the largest landslides on Earth.
A potential secondary landslide area was identified to the south of the original slide location and crews were standing by, the statement said. Power was restored to some affected areas by 8:15 p.m. Other areas will remain without power while the landslide is cleared and broken power poles are replaced, the borough and city said.